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briefed the press.
the visit is handled sensibly, as a "private" one and in low key. The Scottish Office have already rather incautiously
The Financial Times ran a story and we have had to brief the Chinese rather earlier than we would otherwise With Chinese nerves have planned (FCO tel to Taiwan attached). tingling over Lady Thatcher's visit (31 August they could conceivably create more fuss about Mr Stewart. this should be manageable. I foresee no impact on our Hong
Kong interests.
2 September),
But
5. As Mr Stewart recognises, the Hong Kong leg will need the
ie to avoid care normal for inward investment promotion there; arousing local or Chinese suspicions that we are sucking investment out of the territory to the benefit of the UK.
H L1 Davies